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An Overview of Software Consulting

Tom Spencer

The city hired Accenture to modernize its civil service, which led Accenture to create an app to manage daily maintenance in the city by alerting relevant technicians. Agile software development is a set of principles and practices that aim to improve the effectiveness of software development.

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What Management Consulting Looks Like Post Covid-19

Tom Spencer

Today, companies are desperately seeking strategies to retain customers, rebuild inventories, and restructure operations to fit the new business environment. Companies are also starting to adopt digital tools to streamline daily operations. Thanduxolo Love Mtsweni is a Management Consultant Analyst at Accenture in South Africa.

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How to Become a Future-Ready Business - SPONSOR CONTENT FROM ACCENTURE STRATEGY

Harvard Business

Changing consumer needs, combined with shifting workforce expectations, are altering the competitive landscape and dictating transformation of existing company operating models for consumer industries. Accenture, in conjunction with the World Economic Forum, has created a vision of the operating model of the future for consumer industries.

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Bureaucracy Can Drain Your Company’s Energy. Agile Can Restore It.

Harvard Business

Its hierarchical authority, specialized division of labor, and standard operating procedures enabled companies to grow far larger than they had ever been. I know it is critical for the leadership to embrace agile, but the sad reality is that I’m not sure our leadership team will start before it’s too late. What can I do?”

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How to Make Sure Agile Teams Can Work Together

Harvard Business

Increasing volatility, uncertainty, growing complexity, and ambiguous information (VUCA) has created a business environment in which agile collaboration is more critical than ever. Sponsored by Accenture Strategy. Marina Nasr / EyeEm/Getty Images. This story is not unique. Insight Center. Competing in the Future.

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Consulting as a Contractor: The Rise of Self-Employment

Tom Spencer

The rise of contractual employment offers businesses the benefit of agility and adaptability by turning full-time employees into freelancers. In terms of flexibility and autonomy, consultants who operate as contractors can decide what services to offer, when and how to offer those services, and what prices to charge.

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Lessons Learned by an Early Career Consultant

Tom Spencer

Just as a soldier does not need to understand the entire battlefield strategy in order to be highly effective, you should be able to operate as a highly effective junior consultant without always having the big picture. It is important to be open-minded and agile. The bottom line Consulting will teach you curiosity and patience.